Athlete Quote by Theodore Hesburgh

I see other athletes who reached a dead end in their careers for lack of good education.

— Hidilyn Diaz

His great passion for education and [making sure] people have an opportunity. Of course that's what came out of the George Mitchell Institute and…

— Barbara Mikulski

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

— Emil Zatopek

“Nobody makes a big deal out of it when baseball players turn pro right out of high school. I don’t remember an uproar when…

— John Calipari

“It's important to appreciate the impact of knowledge in our lives, and that of our parents in getting us educated. However in today's world,…

— victor adeagbo

I think a great athlete transcends eras.

— Dan Jenkins

A man who cannot think is not an educated man however many college degrees he may have acquired.

— Henry Ford

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Consider the…

— Robert Kennedy

“result he’d grown comfortable with himself and highly accomplished. At Puyallup High School, he had been a superstar. He had played football, basketball, and…

— Daniel James Brown

I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom…

— Al McGuire

He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Michael Jordan. Ten years into Kobe Bryant's career,…

— Scottie Pippen

The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher…

— Avery Brundage